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Tuesday, 23 April 2013

POLICE SWOOP TO ARREST MORE ACTIVISTS

According to a source within the democratic movement,
Secretary General of SWAYOCO Maxwell Dlamini and Secretary for International
Affairs Sonkhke Dube were arrested this morning. “They have been arrested and
are in the custody of the Royal Police. The charges are not clear. Both of them
were arrested this morning,” the source says, writes Kenworthy News Media.

According to PUDEMO, “about 23 Police officers arrested
SWAYOCO Secretary for International, Comrade Sonkhe Dube. He was arrested at
Matsanjeni. This Government is in a serious mission to silence and send more
threats to the entire glorious movement.”

Last time Maxwell Dlamini was arrested he was tortured be
Swazi police and put on trial for possession of explosives, a case that has
been postponed several times. Africa Contact led a campaign for his release
that saw his released on bail.

The arrests of the two SWAYOCO leaders follow the police
clamp down on a SWAYOCO rally on April 19 to campaign for an election boycott.
There have also been several recent arrests of other activists in Swaziland,
including Wonder Mkhonza, Mfanawnkosi ‘Boer’ Mntshaliand and Derrick
Nkambule, the latter two who were allegedly tortured according to South African
trade union federation COSATU.